Principal Officers of the United States Government from Pennsylvania, 1783 to 1900.

*Pickering having refused to resign as Secretary of State was discharged by President

Adams May 12, 1800.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

Name.

Term of Born. Died. service.

Speakers of the House of Representatives of the United States.

Note.-Speakers elected pro tempore are not included in the above table. The figures prefixed indicate the number of Speakers, not the sequence of their official terms.

Fifty-third,

Fifty-fourth,

Fifty-fifth,

Fifty-sixth,

1840